GLORY 53 Lille sees two world championships on the line in the main card, as well as Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Jahfarr Wilnis and Zinedine Hameur-Lain vs. Michael Duut. It’s rounded out with a very good Featherweight bout between Petchpanomrung vs. Abdellah Ezbiri. The SuperFight Series features Cedric Doumbe vs. THongchai and a featherweight tournament. The five-fight GLORY 53 Lille card will be carried live tomorrow on ESPNews at 3:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. PT, with replays on ESPN2 Sunday at 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT and Monday at 9 p.m. / 6 p.m. PT. The six-fight GLORY 53 SuperFight Series card will stream live [read more]

When talking about heavyweight kickboxing it can be difficult to really nail down who the next generation of talent is. Right now everything is about Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari, while some of the old guard still hold on and fight occasionally, they’ve mostly moved on, leaving this generation. The problem is that Rico Verhoeven really seems like he’s virtually unchallenged right now. But while Rico Verhoeven has been getting all of the attention, heavyweights from around the world have been honing their respective crafts, all of them looking to claim the crown that Verhoeven lays claim to as the [read more]

Tenshin Nasukawa is the closest thing that Japanese kickboxing has to a real, bonafide star created organically in the last few years. His fights span a few different promotions, but he’s been making a name for himself in RIZIN FF, Japan’s latest MMA craze that has taken an interest in professional kickboxing as well. His latest fight is from this past weekend against Yusaku Nakamura and, well, things get pretty Tenshin.

While the name Giorgio Petrosyan has been well-established in the world of kickboxing after his two K-1 World MAX victories and all of his other accomplishments, since the collapse of FEG’s K-1 in 2011 it has been difficult for fighters to find themselves established on the same level as a Petrosyan or a Buakaw. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t new fighters coming up that are just as skilled and fearsome as those of yesteryear, they simply haven’t had the opportunity to overcome these legends like they would have prior. For Chingiz Allazov he’s been quietly climbing the 70kg ranks [read more]

This coming Saturday sees GLORY 53. The GLORY 53 SuperFight Series has seen a series of changes in the last week, including Jason Wilnis being forced out with an injury in his bout with Yousri Belgaroui, with Dawid Kasperski stepping on for that fight. Also out is Mohammed Jaraya, with Anghel Cardos stepping in to fight Alan Scheinson. GLORY 53 SuperFight Series will stream live and exclusively from Zénith de Lille on UFC FIGHT PASS at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT this Saturday, May 12. GLORY 53 SuperFight Series Welterweight Headline Bout: Cédric Doumbé vs. Thongchai Sitsongpeenong Middleweight Bout: Yousri Belgaroui vs. Dawid Kasperski Featherweight Tournament Final Bout: Winner of [read more]

Kunlun Fight 73 went down last night in a night that included the 70kg Road to CLASH tournament to help flesh out the main 70kg tournament further. This was a one-night, 8-man tournament that saw Feng Xingli defeat Hu Yafei, Liu HaiNan and then Liu Yaning in the final to take home the tournament victory. A significant upset went down with Anissa Haddaoui defeating Anke Van Gestel as well. Kunlun Fight 73 Full Fight Results: Reserve Fight: Bubigere def liu Jixin via R3 Decision 70KG Road to CLASH 1/4 Final A: liu HaiNan def Tian Xin via R3 Decision 70KG [read more]

This is an interesting tidbit of news coming out of China, where two of the bigger name Chinese promotions — EM Legend and Glory of Heroes — have signed an agreement to co-promote events together. This means that they’ll be sharing talent on their events and not be concerned about the rank of said fighters, either. That means that they won’t just be sending their lower tier fighters to compete against each other, instead they’ll be blending their top talents together in what should be considered exciting news. The press release gives more details. “EM legend has super stars like [read more]